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When Sebastian makes an ill-fated deal with a hermit living in the ruins of the Abandoned Island, he summons a magic from the sea so powerful that even the ancient mystics could not master it.
Lee, who has loved the sea to death, finds herself face-to-face with a creature of the shadows, trapped beneath the frozen waves.
Amid the apparent danger of magic sits Emerly, himself a healer—the heartbreaking truth of magic sparks pain and reflections as he flows the woman he loves on her climb to the top.
And Ada.
Ada, whose legacy will be her father’s seat in the Guild, Ada, who has found her feet firmly on the ground amid her doubts of identity, Ada, who is testing the waters of love and affection in the face of change—it is Ada, who finds herself at the center of the storm, who must decide between protecting the budding seeds of Aerdela and saving their pasts.
Where some told the stories, to try to remember, Ada begins to wonder if perhaps, it’s best to forget.
The second in the collection of Short Stories, Storm of Ascension picks up where Festival left off.
The Carnival of Clouds happens each year in Caelaymnis, the newly-founded mountain city bustling with activity. It’s a time to gather by the river and invoke the votum, beings of mist that live in the river Weir. Dunk a paper lantern in the river, make a wish, and the votum will appear—and if you renege on the bargain you’ve struck, they’ll take your soul.
Brennon is in love, and he’s waiting for the right moment to announce it. The Carnival of Clouds presents such a moment—he hopes to invoke the power of the votum and gain his fathers’ approval.
Reed returns from her debut in Festival of Frost, fresh from meddling in the dreams of three human children and keen on participating in the Carnival, too. After all, it’s the perfect chance to convince Pella to move down into the new city.
Pella, Brennon’s older sibling,has other plans. They’re bound by duty to stay in the stone homes in the mountains. But after a bitter fight with Reed, Pella makes an accidental bargain with the votum, and the Carnival turns from fun and games to a fight for souls.
Written by C.H. Williams and illustrated by Kaizuart, this special printing of Death and the Merchant contains 13 original black-and-white and 9 full-color drawings from the world of Merchant. Digital edition, available for download immediately after purchase.
When the Luminary Chancellor Margaret Faulise is forced to flee her magical city, she stows her daughter Elsie in the heart of a land that has long denied the existence of magic. All seems to be going according to plan—but as the years go by, the truth can’t stay hidden, and neither can Elsie.
At 19, Elsie has come of age, a freshly-minted Heiress. Deep in the throes of a new love with Fletcher, an elf from the mountain realm masquerading as a human, Elsie receives a letter from District Commissioner Clark Carson. An old ally and mastermind behind the scheme to hide Elsie away, Clark sees that the time is ripe for Elsie to retake her mother’s throne.
Elsie has other priorities, though.
Teddy, the only person Elsie’s ever trusted, is unwilling to admit he’s got his own fair share of magic, and Sam—Clark’s ward and Teddy’s boyfriend—has been caught spying on Elsie. To make matters worse, Clark’s maneuvering has put Elsie back in the sights of those who drove her mother from power.
And of course, there’s the matter of Fletcher. With the push of a mischievous chaos demon, Elsie has teased out Fletcher’s secret—and unwittingly finds herself at the center of a blood magic conspiracy. Elves and barghests and mende and humans have banded together in an attempt to summon the gods. Schemes converge when rumors of Elsie’s parentage begin to circulate, and someone called The Master identifies her as not only the Heiress to her mother’s city, but the descendent of the God of Death.
A tragic masquerade, a brotherly betrayal, and a hunt for justice leads Elsie to confront her worst fears.The love of found family is tested against schemes for power—and Elsie's fate hangs in the balance.
A decades-long war is raging with the Coalition, and Maderlav is on the cusp of defeat. The Coalition has forever been steeped in magic-consuming shadow ore that has been slowly draining all traces of the fantastical from the country across the Gray Sea. It is evidence, the Coalition claims, of the unnaturalness of magic—something that belongs in their world should not be so fallible. Now, at the tipping point, they have found the source of the poison and are determined to quicken the spread across magic-rich Maderlav, too. Seeding once-prosperous lands with the shadows, the Coalition is determined to rip magic from every last living being in the name of moral superiority.
When the infamous Coalition leader, the Dragone, is rumored dead and venerated as martyr, it seems a Coalition victory is almost certain.
The only problem is Rose, the daughter of the Dragone.
With a longing for the love she lost, a slew of false names—nearly a thousand of them, to be precise—and a soul-taking darkness borne from her time steeped in the shadows of her home, Rose sets out to avenge her father’s death. To her surprise, though, her biggest obstacle isn’t Nala, the annoyingly endearing elf dogging her steps, nor is it Quinn, the ambitious rebel leader with a talent for staying one step ahead.
No, what stands in her way is her doubt, her cowardice, and her disloyalty. As she sacrifices her friends, jeopardizes what surely would’ve been a Coalition victory, and bears witness to the deaths that come from tearing magic asunder, Rose must make a decision about whether avenging her father is worth the increasingly steep price. With gods and shadows and souls and gardens—and betrayal after betrayal—Rose will have to decide whether coming face-to-face with the person who killed her father was really worth the high price of justice.
An exploration of the visceral reactions, this short collection of poetry walks through a spectrum of feelings as the narrator guides us through the transitory and at times difficult elements of anger, sadness, fear, surprise, love, and joy. With over 100 poems, each poem is titled after an emotion, Compendium is a guide through the tumultuous process of acceptance—of grief, of joy, of the self—and ultimately healing.